Project Reef: Ocean's Three

[redmushroom]

Decided to carry out a minor rescape of my tank last night.

My intention was to make the rock-scape more spacious with holes and crevices for future livestock to swim through, and also to improve current flow within the LR's.

Here's the new look.

[redmushroom]

[redmushroom]

Once again, a portrait shot of my tank as of last night.

Pls note that the tank is being illuminated by my 2ft lightset for the shots and will inevitably look a little 'poor'.

Things will remain like that for now till my lights arrive tomorrow evening.

[ReDDeviLs]

nice bro.. keep up the gd work in scaping

cant wait to put in some life?

[redmushroom]

Anyway guys, feel free to give me some comments about this new look if you have any opinions.

Will always be looking for ways to improve my tank further, with help from you ppl.

[redmushroom]

nice bro.. keep up the gd work in scaping

cant wait to put in some life?

Thanks for the compliment bro. Its just a humble set-up of mine.

Of course i can't wait to put in my first livestock, but i guess it will be worth my patience with this set-up to wait for it to be fully cycled.

[ReDDeviLs]

so wht u intend to keep in there? as in corals.. sps lps softies or mix reef? u might need a couple of wave makers too to help remove deadspots

[redmushroom]

so wht u intend to keep in there? as in corals.. sps lps softies or mix reef? u might need a couple of wave makers too to help remove deadspots

Hmmm...... it will be everything except SPS for now.

Yeah i will be putting in some wavemakers, as mentioned in my previous postings. Hopefully, it will remove the deadspots in the tank.

[redmushroom]

Hey guys, sorry for the late update. Been busy lately...

Anyway, my tank maker Steve came over on national day's eve to fix up some outstanding stuff for me.

[redmushroom]

Finally......... the ATI tubes have arrived!!

[redmushroom]

Steve fixing up my auto water top up....

[redmushroom]

Adding the finishing touches for my auto top-up.

Next it was time to change the impeller for my new return pump, which was making quite some noise from the start.

Surprised that a Hydor product can be defective from purchase.

[redmushroom]

Here's a tank shot of "my aphrodisiac".

Although its only LR for now, but its already enough for me to feel so happy.

New look under the lights - 3 x ATI aquablue spezial n 1 x ATI blue plus.

[redmushroom]

Come saturday, after our nation's birthday fever... it was time for me to put my water to the test.

Been 3 weeks since the start of my tank's cycling process.

Salifert should do a fine job.......

[redmushroom]

Phosphate - Undetectable

Ammonia - Undetectable

Nitrite - 0.1 mg/l

Nitrate - 25 mg/l

Looks like its not the end of my cycling process yet........

[jervismun]

Everything thing is looking good bro... real good... dun worry so much about your Nitrate... give your tank another week or so

[MAG]

Come saturday, after our nation's birthday fever... it was time for me to put my water to the test.

Been 3 weeks since the start of my tank's cycling process.

Salifert should do a fine job.......

hi redmushroom.

have you tried testing for your calcium? is there english instruction in the box? my no english..got to agak agak..

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[redmushroom]

hi redmushroom.

have you tried testing for your calcium? is there english instruction in the box? my no english..got to agak agak..

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Haha..... not yet. Didn't find a need to.

Only tested for Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate and Phosphate so far.

You need help on the english instructions? Haha lemme take a look at the box and see what they have... i believe i saw England Words.

Maybe other reefers can help you too....

[MAG]

Haha..... not yet. Didn't find a need to.

Only tested for Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate and Phosphate so far.

You need help on the english instructions? Haha lemme take a look at the box and see what they have... i believe i saw England Words.

Maybe other reefers can help you too....

hi redmushroom.

just curious do you intend to get chiller and if yes what brand?

hows your cycling goi on?

yours fowlr rite?

[Bio528]

any updates?

[redmushroom]

hi redmushroom.

just curious do you intend to get chiller and if yes what brand?

hows your cycling goi on?

yours fowlr rite?

Hi MAG,

yeah i will be getting a chiller. Am currently shopping for a Artica 1/5hp. Will most probably be getting it installed by this week.

Temp is too hot for my tank, esp with lights on (sometimes even 31deg celcius!! ) so the chiller has to come in soon b4 anything goes in.

My cycling is probably not over yet. Tested my water jus now and here are my results:

Ammonia - Undetectable

Nitrite - Undetectable

Nitrate - 15 mg/l

What do you guys say? Think its ok to put in livestock now or should i wait for it to drop to below 5 mg/l?

Oh and anyway bro.... i will be keeping some LPS and softies too. It wont be a FOWLR setup.

Cheers!!

[redmushroom]

any updates?

Yeah bro sorry for the inactivity recently.

My tank is still in its cycling phase, although in its finishing stage, so there's nothing much to say.

Dun wanna bore you guys too much with equipments and some minor maintainence once in a while.

But no worries bro, i'll surely be posting my first fish that swims in my part of the ocean.

Meanwhile, keep a lookout at my thread for new updates that will be coming soon!!

[jervismun]

Bro I think your tank is ready for some hardy specimens... just make sure you got your chiller at work before introducing any LS Arctica is a good choice

[Travy]

Looking nice.

Your rockscape Kind of reminded me of the time when i started my tank.

[redmushroom]

Bro I think your tank is ready for some hardy specimens... just make sure you got your chiller at work before introducing any LS Arctica is a good choice

Yeah i think i will be introducing some fishes once the chiller is up.

My gf has been rather eager to see some life in the tank since its been a month now and all i have are still LR's!

Anyway do drop me advice when you have any. Appreciate all bro's inputs.